Warhammer: Empire Reboot

The answer remained hanging on O'Showa's waist; none of them had considered investigating in that direction.

Lawson closed the data.

"I'll keep this knife for now, study it for a while, and then return it to you."

O'Showa understood.

Lawson is trying to cut off his lifespan.

If the feedback mechanism of Dawnblade can be cut off, modified, copied, or even used in reverse, then how long Oshova can live in the future will no longer depend entirely on himself.

He nodded.

"it is good."

Several hours later, the battle moon moved.

It stopped in the outer orbit of the primary star of the Vision Enclave.

The Vision Enclave's orbital defense platform, dock ring, pulse cannon array, and long-range early warning station form a complete defense network.

These facilities look like toys compared to the battle moon, which is 1,200 kilometers in diameter.

The conference hall of the highest administrative district was temporarily converted into a technology handover venue.

This place originally belonged to the Visionary Enclave Military Council, with white alloy walls, blue-gray composite ceramic floor, and a star map of the entire enclave suspended above it.

The area was filled with officers from the Fire Clan, scientists from the Earth Clan, coordinators from the Water Clan, and a small number of representatives from the Wind Clan fleet.

They were all looking at Lawson.

Lawson sat in the head seat, while O'Showa stood to the left of the conference table.

O. Vesa personally led the Territory scientific team to project four sets of core technical archives.

"In accordance with the ceasefire agreement, Vision Enclave will deliver four types of core technical data."

O. Vesa was in a stable mood.

But every Turk scientist could sense the oppressive atmosphere; they were handing over the very foundation of their tribe to a human being.

"First, the modular production process of the Huoshi combat suit."

In the projection, an XV8 crisis combat suit was disassembled into thousands of modules, suspended in the air. The frame, armor, jet system, weapon hardpoints, sensor array, neural feedback interface, and drone coordination interface were unfolded layer by layer.

"The value of the Tau combat suit lies in its modularity. Fire pilots can change weapon systems, propulsion packs, shields, sensors, and drone control units according to the battlefield environment. The production line can also be broken down into modules, manufactured in multiple factories, and quickly assembled at the front line."

Lawson watched the projection without interrupting.

"The Crisis Combat Suit, Broadblade Combat Suit, Shadow Combat Suit, and Cold Star Command Armor share a unified core concept and standardized firepower, mobility, and module interfaces. This allows us to mass-produce mid-level elite firepower units in a relatively short period of time."

Lawson nodded, "Next item."

"Second, a micro cold fusion reactor."

The projection switched, revealing a small blue-white reaction core suspended in the air.

"The basic energy source for the Tau combat suits, armored vehicles, unmanned platforms, and some starship auxiliary systems. Compared to the Imperial plasma reactor and promethium fuel chain, the cold fusion reactor is more stable, requires less maintenance, and has a flat energy output curve, making it suitable for long-term independent deployment of a large number of small and medium-sized units."

Lawson asked, "Materials bottleneck?"

O. Vesa answered quickly: "High-purity deuterium-helium fuel chain, miniature magnetic confinement core, heat exchange ceramics, and precision controllers. The enclave's size is limited, thus restricting production. If connected to the Empire's dark side heavy industrial base, the production ceiling would be far higher than ours."

These words turned the faces of several Turkish scientists pale.

The Titanium Clan is meticulous, and its empire is vast.

When sophisticated processes fall into the hands of massive production capacity, the outcome is exactly what they all expected.

"Third, Fio-tak nanocrystalline alloys and smelting matrix."

The projector was replaced with a dark gray armor plate, and O. Visa's speaking speed slowed down noticeably; this was the part he felt most sorry for.

"Fio-tak is the core material of the Titanium armor system. It combines lightweight, toughness, and energy weapon resistance. Through the control of the nanocrystalline structure, the same material can exhibit different mechanical properties in different areas. It is relied upon for combat suit outer armor, partial armor of ships, drone shells, and high-speed vehicle frames."

He unfolded the smelting matrix diagram.

“The material formulation is only half the battle. The real key is the smelting matrix, which involves temperature, pressure, crystal growth rate, and impurity control. Each step is interconnected. Without the matrix, the formulation is just a piece of paper. Titanium groups can achieve higher defense with less mass, not by piling on thickness, but by the material structure.”

O'Shovar observed Lawson's reaction.

The combat suit is the sword of the Fire Clan, Cold Fusion is the heart of the Tau Mobile Army, and Fio-tak is the skeleton of the entire Tau military system.

Three core technologies, three jewels in the crown.

If Lawson wanted to elevate his army to the next level, any one of these three things would excite him.

After reviewing the documents, Lawson simply said, "Copy them all and extract alternative materials for the Empire."

T-001 responded: "The project has been established."

O'Showa frowned slightly.

None of the follow-up questions, in-depth investigations, and repeated confirmations he expected occurred.

Lawson viewed these three technologies like a merchant accepting goods according to a list: important, but not the most important thing today.

O. Visayas is preparing to switch to the fourth item.

Lawson sat up straight.

"Fourth, the Tu's automated construction drone system."

The projection has changed.

This time, instead of weapons, a group of seemingly unimpressive engineering drones appeared.

Some of them resemble multi-armed spiders, others resemble swarms of floating bees, some drag material nozzles, some carry miniature welding arms, some are responsible for terrain scanning, and others are responsible for laying energy lines.

The largest is no more than two meters tall, while the smallest is only the size of a fist.

"That's it," Lawson said. "Focus on this."

The conference room fell silent for a moment.

The Tau officers exchanged glances.

The Fire Clan commanders were clearly confused. They didn't ask about the details of the combat suits, they didn't ask about the details of the cold fusion, and they only mentioned Fio-tak in one sentence. Instead, they were most concerned about a group of construction robots.

O'Showa also looked at Lawson.

He assumed Lawson valued cold fusion most. That technology would provide a more stable energy source for the Battle Moon, the Ominous Ark, and heavy vehicles.

Alternatively, there's the modular combat suit technology. Lawson has a large number of superhuman infantrymen under his command. Wearing the Tau modular armor would create an extremely dangerous new type of soldier. Or there's the Fio-tak, which is the material foundation for the Tau's ability to achieve great things with limited resources.

Kolosen's biggest interest was actually building drones?

O. Visayas paused for half a second, then brought up the full demo.

"The Tu-type automated construction drone system is a core infrastructure for the Tau tribe's colonial expansion and rapid military deployment."

A wasteland appeared on the projector screen in the center of the conference hall.

Several reconnaissance drones flew over first, scanning the terrain, groundwater, mineral content, wind direction, radiation intensity, and geological load-bearing data.

Subsequently, a set of folded construction matrices was deployed.

The outer shell unfolds, releasing a large number of small engineering drones.

They do not wait for large construction machinery to arrive, nor do they need to lay a complete supply line first.

Part of it drilled underground to extract clay, siliceous rock, metal ore fragments, and moisture from the ice layer.

Some of them set up small furnaces to sinter local raw materials into composite building materials on-site.

Part of the load-bearing structure is built using a pre-assembled alloy frame.

Another part involves directly spraying quick-setting materials to print walls, pipeline trenches, turret bases, and energy compartments according to preset templates.

O. Vesa explains: "The core advantage of this system is that it can use local materials. As long as there are usable minerals, water sources or industrial waste on the surface of the planet, the construction matrix can convert them into basic building materials. High-level shield nodes, precision turrets and reactor cores still need to be transported from outside, but walls, roads, foundations, warehouses, living quarters, pipelines and low-level defenses can all be manufactured on-site."

The video speeds up.

Six hours later—a forward outpost appeared on the wasteland. The walls closed, and the internal passageway took shape.

Twelve hours later—the external wall reinforcement was completed, and the air raid tower base was poured.

Twenty-four hours a day—the field hospital, ammunition depot, radar tower, and drone maintenance base are all in operation.

A frontline fortress capable of housing three thousand people was built from a barren wasteland in a single day.

O. Vesa continued: "The system has three types of templates. Colonial templates build water systems, residential modules, agricultural greenhouses, roads, and basic medical stations. Industrial templates build small smelters, parts processing lines, storage centers, and maintenance workshops. Military templates build fortresses, air defense positions, underground command posts, ammunition depots, and fire towers. Templates can be stacked; in the same area, first lay the colonial foundation, then cover it with the military layer, and finally connect to the industrial production line."

Lawson watched the projection and liked it more and more.

O'Showa noticed this change.

Swarm intelligence was already unfolding in Lawson's mind.

Strip away the advanced autonomous AI unit.

It retains protocols for automatic pathfinding, material identification, structural assembly, hazard avoidance, formwork construction, and basic troubleshooting.

The construction planning is not left to the drones to make their own decisions.

The swarm performs unified calculations, with billions of nodes simultaneously handling terrain, materials, progress, and threat assessments.

The cornerstone sequence is responsible for supplying materials, overseeing, resettling people, and taking over order.

The T series is responsible for interface rewriting, template modification, and mechanical maintenance.

Building drones involves execution, not thought.

The Ti-group's Tu-type engineering system relies on the drone's own AI to make on-site judgments. The advantage is flexibility, but the disadvantage is that the upper limit is locked by the computing power of a single machine.

Lawson's solution is to take back all the decision-making power from the bee colony, which will result in accuracy and response speed far exceeding the original design.

Lawson asked, "If we strip away the advanced autonomous judgment module and only keep the underlying construction protocol, how much efficiency will be lost?"

O. Vesa's eyes flickered.

He realized what Lawson was planning, but he didn't know what Lawson would use to replace the drone's own judgment.

“The losses are significant in complex environments, such as earthquakes, radiation storms, material shortages, underground cavities, and enemy attacks. Drones would normally adjust their construction sequence and structural plans on their own. Without autonomous judgment, they will stop and wait for instructions when they encounter unexpected events.”

"They don't need to make the adjustments," Lawson said.

O. Vesa did not ask any further questions.